HTML5 Video Player Comparison

By Abhi

if you looking for best HTML5 video player for your next project. Here is a simple HTML5 Video player comparison totally inspired from VideoSWS comparison.

It lists all the well-known HTML5 Video players and their supported/unsupported features under titles like Flash fallback, iOS compatibility, subtitles, JS library required, audio, full screen support and many more.

Moovie – MooTools custom controls library for HTML 5…

FlareVideo – HTML5 video player with Flash fallback

With the wider use of HTML5 video and audio Tag and the increasing number of ready-to-use HTML5 video players around the web, it is very hard to choose “Best HTML5 video player” for your project.

HTML5 Video Player Comparison

HTML5 Video Player	JS Library	Flash Fallback	Unified Look/API	iOS Support	Full Screen Support	Keyboard Control	Subtitles	Support for Playlists	Skinnable	<audio> support
Acorn Media Player	jQuery	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
FlareVideo	jQuery	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
flowplayer	jQuery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
html5media	JavaScript	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mootools HTML5 Video Player	Mootools	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
HVideo	jQuery	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
jMediaelement	jQuery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VideoJS	JavaScript and CSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
jPlayer	jQuery	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
JW Player	JavaScript	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Via Plugin	Via Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kaltura	jQuery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LeanBack Player	JavaScript	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
mediaelement.js	jQuery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mooplay	Mootools	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
OIPlayer	jQuery	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Open Video Player	jQuery	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
OSM Player	jQuery	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Playr		No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Projekktor	jQuery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
SublimeVideo	JavaScript	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uppod.HTML5	jQuery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video for Everybody	JavaScript	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes